NGC 4282

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Galaxy
NGC 4282
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 20 m 24.3 s
declination + 05 ° 34 ′ 22 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 0.6'
Position angle 105 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster  
Redshift 0.003099 ± 0.000090  
Radial velocity 929 ± 27 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(38 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(11.6 ± 0.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date May 26, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  4282 • PGC  39809 • CGCG  042-035 • MCG  + 01-32-013 • 2MASX  J12202426 + 0534221 • VCC  411 • GALEX ASC J122024.36 + 053423.1 • LDCE 904 NED055

NGC 4282 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 38 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VVC 411 . In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4266 , NGC 4270 , NGC 4281 , NGC 4287 .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on May 26, 1864 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4282  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4282
  3. Seligman